Secession Records Podcast: Sound Information

Sound Information #35 – Music is Dead!

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:55:33 +0000

From the Manifesto series, Music is Dead was recorded at ORF/KunstRadio studios, Vienna, October 2008. Originally titled, Breaking the Loop, this piece was a performance lecture commissioned for the Recycling the Future , ORF Funk House, Vienna, 4-7 December 1997. Authored and spoken by Andrew Garton.

Sound Information #34 – Terminal Quartet: Graz Stadt Drift

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:44:47 +0000

Graz-Stadt Drift is a site specific structured improvisation for three operating systems, four computers and one turntable, the fourth member of the Quartet keeping all other performers in sync. Performed by the infamous synth guitarist and sound artist, Josef ‘Seppo’ Gründler, budding Tone Master and composer, Peter Venus and Andrew Garton at Stockwerk Jazz, Graz, 29 [...]

Sound Information #33 – Garton Live, Kommetjie, Cape Town

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:47:17 +0000

Live, warts ‘n’ all recording of an opening set for Camp Sunset Oasis, Southern Right Hotel, Kommetjie, Cape Town. It was the 1st of August. The recording contains the occasional banter of DJ’s and sound technicians as they complete the installation of the fold-back during my set. It makes for a rather amusing soundscape given [...]

Sound Information #32 – Terminal Quartet: On Sacred Rights

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:31:25 +0000

One of the strongest and most stirring performances by any iteration of the Terminal Quartet, On Sacred Rights was performed on Australia Day 2007 at the Make It Up Club, Fitzroy, Melbourne. This unique performance featured the extrodinary and rare combination Ash Wednesday, Steve Law, John Grant and Andrew Garton. 1st Movement: Steve Law 2nd Movement: Ash Wednesday 3rd [...]

Sound Information #31 – With A Will Base Metal Zone

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:34:55 +0000

Performed live by Andrew Garton (voice, processing) and Kelly Churko (noise) , With A Will Base Metal Zone grows from a text by Sydney based writer/filmmaker, David Nerlich. Garton has performed countless versions of Nerlich’s original text, With A Will, with as many collaborators. This is a unique “noise” interpretation of this work from two consumate [...]

Sound Information #30 – Andrew Garton and Kelly Churko

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:37:25 +0000

Andrew Garton teams up with Canadian born, Tokyo resident noise artist and guitarist, Kelly Churko. They perform Steel Red Sky Drift, a piece based around Garton’s distinctive vocals. Performed live at Soup, Oichia, Tokyo, 23 August 2008.

Sound Information #29 – Garton live at Soup, Tokyo

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:02:56 +0000

On the eighth day of the eighth month of two thousand and eight I performed an entirely new solo set to mark the launch of my new album, Son of Science. At 11 pm I stepped into one of the simplest set up’s I’ve used in years, tipping into the unknown at Soup, the undisputed underground [...]

Sound Information #28 – Terminal Quartet: Licht Drift

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:02:51 +0000

Licht Drift, inspired by Karlheinz Stockhausen’s epic operatic cycle, Licht, is based on four movements, each movement draws references from sacred music, sounds and text the world over. Performed by Brisbane based sound artists and composers Andy Kettle, Lawrence English, Julian Knowles and the nomadic Andrew Garton. Licht Drift was performed at the Brisbane ccSalon – a [...]

Sound Information #27 – Son of Science Ensemble live ambient

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:50:16 +0000

Son of Science Ensemble live ambient set at Horse Bazaar, Melbourne, August 5 2007. Garton’s farewell gig!

Sound Information #26 – Law and Garton live, Lismore, NSW

ag@toysatellite.org (Andrew Garton) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:45:44 +0000

Steve Law (Zen paradox) and Andrew Garton (Son of Science, Headlock) live at the Uni Bar, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Northern NSW, Australia – 24 February 2007.